Chengdu lights...

Chengdu and Chongqing

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November 14th 2005
I liked Chendgu without really knowing why. It is seriously polluted; the air is thick and grey, and obscures everything from view further afar than 200 metres, including the sun - which we havent seen for six days now! However through our haphazard christmas shopping tour, a visit to the theatre, and night walks, we saw quite a lot of the city and were kept entertained for the four days we were t ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more